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Exactly DotDan, it was too stange looking for words.. my daughers both commented on the vulture like looks..
I wondered if it might have some kind of bird mange, or parasite.. it was very active and eating it's little heart out though.

My one daughter, who is currently studying genetics, thought it might be what they call, a "hopeful monster", Some kind of genetic deviance.

Hey guys

I've been thinking about this a lot lately.. and in my opinion, wanting to kill Indian Mynas because they origionate from a counrty different to the one they're living in is like saying "right, lets shoot all the Portuguese people in this country because they belong in Portugal"

You do make a good point, but remember humans can deal with competition by making a plan. Mynas are competing with local species for habitat and food and driving them away. We have so many mynas in our neighborhood its ridiculous. They are incredibly hardy birds too and clearly very adaptable if you look at their current distribution in SA. They dont even die immediately when you shoot them, incredibly tough. For me this is the problem, they dont seem to have natural enemies here to control their population...

Saw these birds for the first time in the KNP on the banks of the Lower Sabie river at bridge below LS camp on Sunday.

I emailed the person listed on this website responsible for aliens , according to this document below it seems they have previously been reported at Lower Sabie ...

http://www.sanparks.org/docs/parks_krug ... pecies.pdf

The contact e-mail address listed on the doc below may not be working , though .

http://www.sanparks.org/docs/parks_krug ... -mynas.pdf